PFU Imaging Solutions Focus on the Cloud

PFU Imaging Solutions Europe

April 20, 2011

PFU Imaging Solutions Europe
successfully hosted their fourth annual partner conference in Monte Carlo, Monaco this
past week. The theme of this year's conference was “Capture the Cloud” and focused on
how document management and document capture will evolve as companies adopt
cloud based platforms and solutions.

PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited, a subsidiary of Fujitsu,
successfully hosted their fourth annual partner conference in Monte Carlo, Monaco this
past week. The theme of this year's conference was “Capture the Cloud” and focused on
how document management and document capture will evolve as companies adopt
cloud based platforms and solutions. 270 experts from 42 countries in the EMEA region
gathered on the Cote d'Azure from April 11 to 13, 2011. PFU, maker of Fujitsu document
scanners, and its affiliates showed an audience composed of distributors, resellers and
users how to integrate cloud-based scanner solutions into business processes. Customer
case studies provided participants with valuable tips for their own businesses.

The Imaging Channel Conference has become a fixture in the scanner business. This
conference was the fourth of its kind, providing manufacturers, distributors, independent
software vendors (ISV), dealers and users a detailed view of the world of document
management.

Mike Nelson, General Manager Sales EMEA, PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited,
delineated current market and technology trends in his opening presentation. He devoted
particular emphasis to the success of PFU's Channel Community model in actively
growing the market for professional document management scanners and creating new
business opportunities for PFU's partners. The connection between document capture,
document management and cloud computing was the theme running through the main
presentations and the panel discussion. Other presentations centered on the roadmap
for Fujitsu document scanners, the Imaging Channel partner program of PFU and current
market trends for scanners.

“Our fourth annual Imaging Channel Conference was a resounding success,” said
Douglas Rudolph, General Manager Marketing EMEA, PFU Imaging Solutions Europe
Limited. “The event has become the premier meeting place for executives in the
document imaging market to get together and to discuss partnerships and business
trends. This year's theme was especially critical as our reseller channel is looking to
position and integrate document management and document imaging technology with
their customers focus on virtualization and cloud based solutions. We have already
received tremendous feedback from our partners that this is the type of information they
need to grow their business.”

And the winner is… Awards in four categories

This year, PFU once again cited particularly successful partners and projects in four
categories with the Fujitsu Imaging Channel Award. And the winners are:

The winners

2010 Best Performing Partner

Bechtle Logistik & Service GmbH (Germany)

Assecco SEE d.o.o. Beograd (Serbia)

Bechtle S.L. (Spain)

Kecam Ventures Nigeria Ltd. (Nigeria)

Eks-pa A.S. (Turkey)

Digital Imaging Services (UK)

2010 Biggest Single Project

ACP IT Solutions GmbH (Austria)

Trial Electronics (Russia)

Next Millennium Telecom Co (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Datamate Srl (Italy)

2010 Best Specialized Partner

Samsotech International (Dubai)

2010 Most Innovative Partner

Emmedi SpA (Italy)

A number of technology partners lent their support to the 2011 Fujitsu Imaging Channel
Conference. Kofax, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, ELO, Abbyy and EMC were among the
sponsors of this year's event. Knowledge Lake, Global 360, Oracle, Document Logistix,
Emmedi, Kartha, Inflowmation and Office Gemini participated as solution partners.

About PFU

PFU Limited (Japan), a Fujitsu company, is the maker of Fujitsu scanners. The company is a globally active IT provider that designs, manufactures and markets computer hardware, peripheral products and enterprise software. PFU offers the broadest portfolio of document scanners for professional personal, desktop, workgroup and high-volume production environments and is one of the world's leading document scanner companies. PFU has been engaged in the document imaging scanner business for more than 20 years and generates an annual turnover of $1 billion..

About PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited

Operating in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited is responsible for marketing and sales of the Fujitsu document scanners. The European company was established in the United Kingdom in 1981 and has subsidiaries in Germany and Italy.